stop making plans

we are thick in the middle of finishing up law school applications today. i can't help but wonder... "where is this road going to take us?"
as hard as it is to sit back and enjoy the ride, i have learned so much over the last few years about letting go of control.
confession: i am a planner.
most of my life was pretty planned out through my mid-twenties. somewhere a long the way, things went way off course from where i thought i would be heading.
but, my plans were no where near this magnificent. kind of boring in fact. and if there is anything that the last few years have taught me, it is to stop making plans.
when i am so obsessed over the way my life is "supposed to be," i can not take time to enjoy where God is taking me and what He has in store.
if you would have asked me a year ago where i hope we end up for law school, there were 2 schools on my list: BYU and San Diego. period. i didn't want to hear of anything else. but as i have learned to let go, seek answers in prayer about where God might need the erickson family, and open my mind to the possibilities, i find myself trusting in Him and getting  really excited about opportunities all over the country. (and when i say all over, i mean all over: hawaii to kansas and everything in between.)
and i have faith that whatever His plan is, it is better than mine.